Netflix should buy the NFL Sunday Ticket rights, not Google
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Re: Netflix should buy the NFL Sunday Ticket rights, not Google
#2I would certainly pay either company to get Live streams of NFL games (with no blackouts, I hate those with a passion). I can't justify the cost of buying Cable/DTV + the $30-50 a month for the sports package but would happily pay that ~30/month during the season. NFL doesn't offer live streaming inside of the US for some daft reasons (OK, its because they get a ton from cable/DTV regardless of whether someone actually watched or not...)
Re: Netflix should buy the NFL Sunday Ticket rights, not Google
#3I would certainly pay either company to get Live streams of NFL games (with no blackouts, I hate those with a passion). I can't justify the cost of buying Cable/DTV + the $30-50 a month for the sports package but would happily pay that ~30/month during the season. NFL doesn't offer live streaming inside of the US for some daft reasons (OK, its because they get a ton from cable/DTV regardless of whether someone actual…
> I would certainly pay either company to get Live streams of NFL games (with no blackouts, I hate those with a passion).
Blackouts exist to limit the extent that remote viewing substitutes for live attendance, as a means to support the live ticket prices. The alternative to blackouts is to accept that remote viewing is a substitute for live attendance, and to make the prices for remote viewing higher and those for live attendance lower.
Re: Netflix should buy the NFL Sunday Ticket rights, not Google
#4I would certainly pay either company to get Live streams of NFL games (with no blackouts, I hate those with a passion). I can't justify the cost of buying Cable/DTV + the $30-50 a month for the sports package but would happily pay that ~30/month during the season. NFL doesn't offer live streaming inside of the US for some daft reasons (OK, its because they get a ton from cable/DTV regardless of whether someone actual…
> I would certainly pay either company to get Live streams of NFL games (with no blackouts, I hate those with a passion). Blackouts exist to limit the extent that remote viewing substitutes for live attendance, as a means to support the live ticket prices. The alternative to blackouts is to accept that remote viewing is a substitute for live attendance, and to make the prices for remote viewing higher and those for l…
There's no pro team with several hundred miles of me. I know why blackouts exist, and they make sense to a degree in larger cities/areas near a team. However, if we're going to be honest, they have no problems selling tickets to games people actually want to go to. Assuming I had a more flexible work schedule, I would try to go to a few Steelers games (Which would, basically, force me to fly there...I wouldn't relish the drive).
I don't even care about not getting all the games for every team, let me pick a set of teams (say 3-6) and get all their games live. Hell, I'll even take a pick of two teams for live streaming. I already subscribe to NFL network's streaming service for game replays, but there are some games -- like for the teams I support -- that I want live.
Re: Netflix should buy the NFL Sunday Ticket rights, not Google
#5I think this is a false dichotomy. Individuals pay hundreds of dollars to get the season or half-season package up-front. Given a four-month season (playoff games are broadcast over regular networks), $20/month isn't even close to what DirectTV charges. On a monthly basis, the figure would be closer to $60-$70 so I'm not sure where the author gets his proposed figures from.
If you are a cord-cutter with no cable, having Google own the rights and stream games over the internet would help you if you didn't already have cable, but those that do already get about five games a week over their local networks. So really Google would have to charge a flat fee up-front to stream all games on Sunday Ticket.
But it's important to remember that a large percentage of Sunday Ticket revenue comes from bars that purchase large packages to broadcast it to their patrons. From what I'm told this cost depends on the capacity of the location and can run into the tens of thousands of dollars for a single season. I'm not sure how this would play into Google or Netflix's strategy.
Re: Netflix should buy the NFL Sunday Ticket rights, not Google
#6I would certainly pay either company to get Live streams of NFL games (with no blackouts, I hate those with a passion). I can't justify the cost of buying Cable/DTV + the $30-50 a month for the sports package but would happily pay that ~30/month during the season. NFL doesn't offer live streaming inside of the US for some daft reasons (OK, its because they get a ton from cable/DTV regardless of whether someone actual…
You can do it this year for $100 for the whole season. Just buy the Madden 25th Anniversary Edition on Amazon. [1]
Before you read the fine print and conclude that it's only available to people who can't get DirecTV, please see this clarification [2] from Anthony Stevenson (Madden's director of marketing).
If the clarification turns out to be false, Amazon will be getting a return from me and a strongly worded complaint. :-)
[1] - http://www.amazon.com/Madden-Anniversary-Edition-Sunday-Play...
[2] - http://kotaku.com/madden-special-edition-includes-sunday-tic...
Re: Netflix should buy the NFL Sunday Ticket rights, not Google
#7I think live sports is the last bit of programming that prevents a lot people from getting rid of cable completely.
On the other hand, sports, football in particular, are one of the biggest selling points of HDTV and the high resolution picture it provides.
If the future of watching football consists of the same buffering, crappy framerates and resolution, and all around frustration of using Youtube as it exists today, this experiment will end halfway through Sunday of Week 1.
Re: Netflix should buy the NFL Sunday Ticket rights, not Google
#8Has Netflix done live video on anything approaching this scale? I don't doubt that they have the capabilities to put a live streaming infrastructure together for something like this, but DTV's out starting next year and there's a lot of work to get done in that time. That would be a lot of risk.
Re: Netflix should buy the NFL Sunday Ticket rights, not Google
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I would certainly pay either company to get Live streams of NFL games (with no blackouts, I hate those with a passion). Blackouts exist to limit the extent that remote viewing substitutes for live attendance, as a means to support the live ticket prices. The alternative to blackouts is to accept that remote viewing is a substitute for live attendance, and to make the prices for remote viewing higher and those for l…
There's no pro team with several hundred miles of me. I know why blackouts exist, and they make sense to a degree in larger cities/areas near a team. However, if we're going to be honest, they have no problems selling tickets to games people actually want to go to. Assuming I had a more flexible work schedule, I would try to go to a few Steelers games (Which would, basically, force me to fly there...I wouldn't relish…
I've never understood this mentality. If a company (in this case the NFL) doesn't want me to be their customer then I simply won't be. For example, I like watching the Sabres (hockey for the uninitiated), but only a couple games a season are available to me. Therefore, I have stopped watching the games and they don't receive any of my money in the form of merchandising or ad revenue because one fewer set of eyes are watching their ads.
Re: Netflix should buy the NFL Sunday Ticket rights, not Google
#10Has Netflix done live video on anything approaching this scale? I don't doubt that they have the capabilities to put a live streaming infrastructure together for something like this, but DTV's out starting next year and there's a lot of work to get done in that time. That would be a lot of risk.
I don't know about Netflix but even Youtube has trouble with high profile live events.